Gibson Wholesale Burglary Reported. Loss Around $3000
Monroe police probe a weekend burglary at Gibson's Wholesale on Louisville Avenue at Breard Street. About $3000 in cash was taken from the safe. merchandise total not yet known. Two blond men in their 30s tied to the Weingarten’s Super Market thefts are sought nationwide with roadblocks and photos.
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Monroe City
Weingarten
Louisville Avenue
Gibson’s
Breard
Richland Parish
Bill Hammett
Laotian talks urged by three nation truce group
Twenty one representatives from India Canada and Poland arrived in Vientiane to spur stalled negotiations between the Western backed royal government and pro Communist rebels. Semar Sen said the group aims to establish contact with appropriate parties to certify the cease fire and push talks in Laos. A second group was sent to Xieng Khouang while a government delegation flies north to resume stalled cease fire talks. Both sides had first proclaimed a cease fire last Wednesday but have yet to agree on a site for talks.
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Laos
Laotian Truce Commission
Vientiane
India
Canada
Poland
Saigon
Viet Nam
Xieng Khouang
Red Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Semar Sen
Control Commission For
International Commission For
Nieng Khouang
Lawmakers Seek Million Dollar Aid For Substitute Teachers
Baton Rouge lawmakers Mike John Jr and Lawrence Gibbs push a bill to provide 1 million dollars for substitute teachers replacing sabbatical staff. John said the measure may be amended to about 30 thousand dollars and would route funds through the state board of education to parishes based on need.
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Baton Rouge
Mike John, Jr
Lawrence Gibbs
John
Department of Education
W. W. Ward
van D Odom
State Board of Education
Gibbs
Ouachita
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Fined Executive Named To Post
Lewis J. Burger, 48, once GE division chief and jailed and fined for price fixing, has been named president of Le Tourneau-Westinghouse, builders of earth moving machinery, by the Peoria, Illinois company. Burger served 25 days in jail and paid a 2000 dollar fine in a Philadelphia district court.
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Peoria
le Tourneau-Westinghouse
Lewis J. Burger
General Electric Co
Philadelphia
Earnest Elected President of Louisiana Dental Association
Dr J Claude Earnest of Sterlington Road Monroe was chosen president of the Louisiana Dental Association at the final meeting Sunday in Lafayette, succeeding Dr P EB Smith of New Orleans. The selection marks a leadership change as the group wraps up its annual gathering.
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J. Claude Earnest
Sterlington Road
Monroe
Louisiana Dental Association
P. EB. Smith
New Orleans
Earnest
Lafayette
Local Concerts Mark National Music Week in Monrovia
Observing National Music Week, two local concerts are set for today in Monrovia. One begins at 8 15 p m in the Neville, with details on the CHIT CHAT page.
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Monro
Davis Takes Command At Legislature
Governor Jim Davis moves to consolidate control as the 30 day fiscal session opens in Baton Rouge. A new resolution channels major resolutions through a screening committee, streamlining floor action. The House pays tribute to the late Harvey Fields of Farmerville as five new members are sworn in.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Davis
House
Senate
Harvey G. Fields
Farmervile Fields
T. T. Fields
U. S
Jeferson
East Baton Rouge Parishes
John Jumonville
Sam Cascio
Spy Network In Britain May Be Overhauled
Britain’s military intelligence may have to dismantle and rebuild its spy network after diplomat George Blake was unmasked as a Soviet agent. MPs demand explanations on a nine year undetected betrayal and concern grows that top brass concealed blunders.
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London
Britain
George Blake
Blake
Foreign Office
Harold Macmillan
Europe
Middle East
Daily Telegraph
Lassiter and Barham Enter Race For 4th District Judge
Two candidates Mack Barham Bastrop city judge and Albin P Lassiter Morehouse Ouachita district attorney vie for the vacancy created by the death of David J Garrett Sr Qualifying ended at 3 pm Friday with no late filings received by mail as of Saturday morning Barham has twelve years as Bastrop municipal judge while Lassiter serves his second term as district attorney for the parishes
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Mack Barham
Bastrop
Albin P. Lassiter
Morehouse
Ouachita Parishes
Said
David J. Garrett, Sr
Barham
Lassiter
Midwest floods and tornadoes devastate seven states
Swirling waters sweep the Midwest as rains up to 82 inches in Illinois and Kentucky flood towns. At least 34 dead, 113 injured, 5 missing, with 1,000 affected. Mississippi River region towns evacuate. Arkansas guards deployed. Cen tralia hit hard. Plano Texas spared deaths.
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Oltess
Illinois
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Howe and
Reichert
Arkansas
Missouri
Indiana
Ilinois
Plano
Tex
Dallas
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Kansas
The
Red Cross
Showers Move In Then Cooler Air Over Louisiana
Warm temperatures in northeast Louisiana give way to cooler air after late today. Tuesday is partly cloudy with temperatures near 70s after today's high around 88 and tonight's low near 72. Sunday saw the state's highest reading and a drop to 77 with no rain recorded.
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Louisiana
Whereabouts of Marcello Remain Uncertain in Guatemala
The deposed underworld figure Carlos Marcello disappeared from a hotel after a government order to leave the country. His wife and daughter fled to New Orleans with relatives, while Guatemalan and El Salvador authorities disputed his status and possible return.
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Guatemala
API
Carlos Marcello
New Orleans
Vincent Marcello
Carlos
Louisiana
Rodolfo Martinez Sobral
Candelaria
el Salvador
Arturo Duran
Marcello
Seven Die In Louisiana Weekend Accidents
The Associated Press reports seven people died in Louisiana over the weekend. Drownings included 10 year old Travis Townley in a Baton Rouge pond and Mildred Jean Benton 21 and Richard Dunn Tate 22 at Lake Bistineau. A New Orleans boy 3 died after running from between parked cars. Other victims were L. J. Touchet 29 a postman in New Iberia and Leo P. Angell something Lafayette. a 3 year old Baton Rouge child died from brain injury after a car door impact.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Travis Townley
Lake Bistineau
Shreveport
Mildred Jean Benton
Richard Dunn Tate
Jessie Brown Jr
New Orleans
L. J. Touchet
New Iberia
Christopher W. Clay
Leo P. Angell
Lafayette
Mrs. Shepard Joins Husband For Big Day
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr and wife Louise greet a nation as he receives a capital welcome. A family group and relatives from Virginia Beach Kennet Square and North Attleboro join the couple on a day of public acclaim ending with a White House helicopter transfer.
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Kennedy
Alan B. Shepard
United States
Mrs. Shepard
Husband
Washington
API
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Louise
Virginia Beach
Space
East Derry
N.H
R. F. Brewer
Kennet Square
Gordon Sherman
North Attleboro
Mass
Shepards
Shepard
White House
Louise Shepard
Supreme Court blocks Louisiana desegregation move in New Orleans
The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana plan to block desegregation in New Orleans. It affirmed a lower court ruling invalidating laws that aimed to place New Orleans school control in the legislature and deny the school board control of funds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
New Orleans
High Tribunal
Shepard Says Flight Will Lend Impetus to Mercury Program
Commander Alan B. Shepard, America's first spaceman, told reporters he is pleased with the flight from Cape Canaveral and that the mission will spur continued work on Project Mercury. He praised the open nature of the mission, noted smooth lift off, and said he controlled the vehicle at times and observed a "beautiful view" through the periscope.
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Washington
Ian B. Shepard
America
Shepard
Polly
Gorman Sherman
Cape Canaveral
Today’s Chuckle on Taxation with Representation
A playful quip riffs on Patrick Henry to joke that taxation without representation would be worse with representation. The line uses a historic figure to lampoon modern political humor.
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Patrick Henry
Rusk Says U S Will Stay In West Berlin
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told NATO foreign ministers the United States will maintain its presence in West Berlin even if a separate peace treaty is signed with East Germany He warned against any erosion of the Allied position and pledged to counter Soviet moves to sign such a treaty with Communist East Germany The remarks followed a closed meeting with NATO ministers in Oslo and echoed by the NATO secretary general’s opening session prediction that Khrushchev may revive the Berlin question.
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Oslo
Norway
Dean Rusk
United States
West Berlin
East Germany
NATO
Khiruahchey
Berlin
Rusk
U.S
Husk
Dirk A. Stikker
Stikker
Khrushchev
Kennedy plan to speed desegregation of public schools
The Kennedy administration asks Congress to pass six civil rights bills to accelerate school desegregation. All racially segregated boards would file a desegregation plan within six months and begin first-step compliance by 1963-64. Federal aid and court enforcement would support implementation.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Secretary of Welfare
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Emanuel Celler
D-N. Y
Clark
Celler
Clark-Celler
Civil Rights Commission
AA Leader Backs Prison Farm Proposal
An Ouachita parish AA leader endorses a bond issue for a 300000 jail extension south of Monroe and a 40 acre operation tax. He says enforced sobriety during incarceration can steer inmates toward sobriety after release, boosting rehab opportunities for many. Parish owners vote Tuesday on two propositions.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
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